Kurdish forces battle Islamic State militants near Arbil
- 10 years ago
The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in the areas of Iraq and Syria it controls, clashed with Kurdish forces on Sunday (August 10) in the town of Makhmur, about 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Arbil.
Footage broadcast on Kurdish media network Rudaw showed Kurdish forces firing their weapons toward a building presumably harbouring militants from the Islamic State, who have seized wide swathes of territory since they swept into northern Iraq in June.
On Monday (August 11), police said fighters had seized the town of Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after driving out the forces of the autonomous Kurdish regional government.
On Sunday, a government minister said Islamic State militants had killed hundreds of people from the small Yazidi religious sect, burying some alive and taking women as slaves.
With the group now appearing set on trying to take the Kurdish capital the U.S. has launched air strikes in recent days in a bid to quell the o
Footage broadcast on Kurdish media network Rudaw showed Kurdish forces firing their weapons toward a building presumably harbouring militants from the Islamic State, who have seized wide swathes of territory since they swept into northern Iraq in June.
On Monday (August 11), police said fighters had seized the town of Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after driving out the forces of the autonomous Kurdish regional government.
On Sunday, a government minister said Islamic State militants had killed hundreds of people from the small Yazidi religious sect, burying some alive and taking women as slaves.
With the group now appearing set on trying to take the Kurdish capital the U.S. has launched air strikes in recent days in a bid to quell the o